Sharing Recipes--Blueberry Cheesecake

Blueberries are natural healers and provide antioxidant power. They are associated with numerous health benefits such as prevention of heart disease and cancer and may even help to prevent and reverse age-related memory loss.

I like adding raw berries to my smoothies and yogurt, but I also enjoy making the following easy, low-maintenance dessert. It is very light and the perfect end to almost any meal at any time of the year.

Ingredients

1/2 cup brown sugar
2 1/2 cups graham crumbs
3/4 cup butter
8 ounces Philadelphia cream cheese
32 ounces Cool Whip
1 cup sugar
1 tbsp vanilla
3 tbsp lemon juice
3 1/2 cups frozen blueberries

Procedure

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Make sure cream cheese is at room temperature.
• Combine brown sugar, graham crumbs, and butter.
• Press into the bottom of a 9" x 13" rectangular pan.
• Bake for 10 minutes.
• Cool the crust.
• Cream together the cheese, sugar, vanilla, and lemon juice.
• Add cool whip and fold in blueberries using a wooden spoon.
• Pour mixture into the pan.
• Refrigerate overnight.

Makes 15 servings